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HABBISOX,
NEBRASKA.
Artificial Ivory is now made from
skimmed milk. It is not known Just
what the' are making cheese of.
Sarony ban a most remarkable mem
ory for faces. He will remeoibcr a sit
ter a number of years after the photo
graph k takea, aud can evea tell what
kind of a picture he turned out.
Brooklyn has accepted the Macmon
nles statue which Boston found to be
too shocking for exhibition. The "city
Of churches" seeing to have suffered a
moral lapse since it became a part of
Greater New York.
The British three-volume novel in said
to be actually on the decline, aud high
time, too. That It has survived to this
day is an anomalous reflection on the
enterprise of the publisher, as well as
a alien of extraordinary patience on the
part of the public.
,A story I told of a literary man who
spent two months talking good marke'
able literary matter into a phonograph,
and then, when he attempted to have
his work transcribed to manuscript, he
discovered that the machine was out
of order, and bis two months' labor was
lost.
A German newspaper asserts that
about 3),iX0 of the inhabitants of Ber
lin hear considerably better with their
left ear than with their right. This has
been observed in continually increasing
measure for fifteen years. When the
cause was sought for it apicared that
those who are thus affected are fre
quent users of the telephone.
The Daily Mail, which is printing a
series of Interesting letters from Amer
ica, devotes several to Chicago, which
it describes as "the queen and gutter
snipe of cities, the cynosure and cess
pool of the world, the most beautiful
and most squalid, widely and gener
ously planned with streets of twenty
miles, where it is unsafe to walk at
night; where women ride straddlewiae
and millionaires dine at midday; the
chosen seat of public spirit ami munici
pal boodle."
Among the peculiar fallacies common
to the human mind is one that dirt, or
mud, will draw electricity from the hu
man body. A very unfortunate ex
ample of this lelief came to lit,ht In
St. Louis recently when a b y burued
by a live wire was rescued by his
friends, who rublied the fresh wotindd
with soil from the street. In a recent
issue of the daily papers was a report
of a man being buried In sand in order
to draw out of his body the electricity,
occasioned by a stroke of lightning. It
seems strange that such ideas should
prevail at the close of the pncnt cen
tury. A tentative movement towardschurch
unity, at least In operation, is Wag
considered by the Federation of Chris
tian Workers In New York City. They
have been gathering statistics in the
congested districts and find that nou-cburch-goers
outnumber those who at
tend service by about 10 per cent, of
the total number of Inhabitant of the
locality. It is proposed that the differ
ent denominations take different sec
tions of this district and build church
es therein for the purpose of drawing
In the non-church-goers. The move
ment Is laudable in several ways, but
especially in its Indication of co-operative
work among the denominations.
A meeting at Caruegie Hall, New
York, the other day, led by Kev. A. B.
Simpsou, who spoke for the cause of
miasions, was an evidence that the fin
de sieele man and woman are by no
means impervious to the emottoual re
ligious appeal. Amid sob and cries of
a hysterical nature over $100,000 waa
subscribed under the influence of a
sensational appeal. Money, real es
tate deeds. Jewelry, clothing were
thrown at the feet of the speaker.
Whatever one may think of the ethical
significance of such a demonstration, it
la evidence that the race is not growing
cynical, even in the centers of popula
tion. A boy In Mnncie, Ind., 16 years old,
has either made two efforts to end his
life or else Is being permitted a danger
ons freedom in the nse of death-dealing
agencies. He confesses himself
that snlefde is his purpose, and that
Ma effort would have been successful
at the first attempt if be had been a
better shot and had been able to hit
himself when the pistol went off, and
that the second attempt failed only
because the poison he took so unnerved
him that be was impelled to call for
help and be saved. The really Import
ant feature of this boy's case Is that
els two futile plots to die were Inspired
. by "unrequited love." There must be
something radically wrong In the so
cial life of Mtincle If a youth of 10
la afflicted with such a serious mani
festation of "unrequited love," Tak
ing It for granted that the young man
will be adequately Interviewed by bis
father In the woodshed, care should
be taken that firearms and poison he
kept out of hla reach. There seems lit
tle danger now that he will seriously
tajare himself, but be might kill some
DM else.
. There appears to be a valuable sog
CHttM la the details of the raid of ban
' CMS Alton train In Missouri. By
KM of the presence of mind and
4Utraj of (be messenger when the rob
tz sstytiod the aafs la the express
C-3tX tkej found of value weft a few
packages of J '.eiry. The messenger
had used the brief time at bis d sp.-al
liefore the robtiers gained an entrance
in transferring the large sum of money
to a chicken coon that stood Qear the
safe. Express and 'railroad companies
have been arming their employes with
guns, but ty a strange oversight no
oue ha ever before thought of the pro
tection afforded by a convenient and
well equipped chicken coop. The obvi
ous leiou of this episode is to tumble
out the bulky and insecure safes and
substitute chicken coops In the express
cars. Then with the addition of a few
level-headed men like this messenger
to guard the coops all danger of "hold
ups" by bandits would be averted.
It has become almost an axiom that
the man who "didn't know It wan load
ed" will be found occupying a promi
nent place In the obituary department
the following day. It h;m remained for
an enterprising citizen in Jersey City
to suggest the probability that the con
verse of this proposition may also be
accepted as a general principle. Th;s
original discoverer apiears to have liat
tled vainly with increasing uubappl-
ness nntil in dea,a!r h otiTnineil a fit-
tol which he thought was thoroughly
loaded and prepared to end existence.
But when he had pulled the trigger and
calmly awaited the approach of the su
preme moment it failed to approach. A
little investigation proved that "it
wasn't loaded" with anything more
menacing than a blank cartridge. Let
us hoe that this foolish man has been
cured of his rashness, ami that his ex
iH'rieuce may pave the way to a su'ves
siou of "didn't know it wasn't loaded"
sequels to attempts at aelf-destniction.
President Cleveland's address at
Princeton was marked by good con
mou sense. As was suitable to the oc
casion, the address touched uion the
subject of education and educated men
In politics, in which the President de
precated the spasmodic participation
in jMilltics of educated men. He said:
"I hasten to concede the good already
accomplished by our educated men in
purifying aud steadying political sen
timent, but I hope I may be allowed
to Intimate my belief that their work
In these directions would be easier and
more useful If it were less spasmodic.
The disH)sItion of our people is such
that while they may be inclined to dis
trust those who only on rare occasions
come among them from an exclusive
ness savoring of assumed superiority,
they readily listen to those who ex
hibit a real fellowship and a friendly
and habitual Interest in all that con
cerns the common welfare. Such a
condition of intimacy would, I lie
Ileve, not only Improve the general po
litical atmosphere, but would vastly in
crease the influence of our universities
and colleges In their efforts to prevent
popular delusions or correct them be
fore they reach an acute and danger
ous stage." This is wise coun
sel. There Is altogether too much
tendency to leave the ordinary
conduct of political affairs to
those who may chance to take an in
terest in them, with the result that the
machinery of isilitics falls Into the
hands of those who make a business
of jMilltics. It is not enough for men
of education and uprightness to step
in when things have become so bad
that they can no longer be endured
and help sweep the existing adminis
tration out of power. It is their duty
as well, to keep constant watch over
the affairs of government, aud to par-'
ticipate in politics in such a way that
they may lie actively influential In
molding the sentiments and policies of
the people.
The domestic training school of the
Orange Improvement So-iety, whose
prospectus was enlarged upon with
great interest by the press of New York
last spring, and whose course ha been
watched by publle-spirKed women gen
erally, has come to an inglorious end
through dissensions in ita management.
The object of the school was to ins-truet
girls in the domestic arts and to thus
ajwint in solving the universal "servant
girl problem." It started with a large
board of managers, ami a -superintendent
and assistant superintendent, and
therein probably lies the real cause of
the school's failure. The managers
couldn't agree as to the superintendent
and the superintendent couldn't agree
with some of the managers, and as a re
sult, four of the most prominent man
agers resigned, the superintendent
abandoned the school because of the
"unkind, unjust and un-Christianlike
tTK ....... ........ ...... 1 L . 1. - .
ui i lie ijiuunfjej n, cuimucT. uifll
wouRl scarcely is? expected from any
board of women, not even the heathen,"
and the husband of the leading man-
ager, who went security for the rent
of the rooms occupied by the school, is
left with a rent bill that he will have to
meet. In thus stranding, through the
dissensions of the management, the de
funct Domestic Training School at Or
ange calls attention to the fundamental
cause of the existence of a "servant
girl problem" the Inability of the av
erage individual to see things exactly
as others see them, snd the mistaken
Idea that nothing can be done right un
less It is done strictly In accordance
with certain plan. There would be
far less trouble in securing and holding
servants If the "help" were held to ac
count not for methods but for results;
and It Is probably safe to say that the
Orange Training School would still lie
In existence bad Ihe managers Interest
ed themselves In the results of the
teschlng Instead of the methods of the
management.
The women's Idea of a successful re-
insnfkwi Is one where tha crnat la an
(Mt that ther csn set Into the dinlns
room It times without detection.
It te fnnny how Ignorant some poopls
are of the little matter of speflfag.
Ei) I'CATION ALC0LUMN
NOTES ABOUT SCHOOLS AND
THEIR MANAGEMENT,
Plea for a Parent Iar la the Public
FchooU-Hi v Patience with the
Dull Pupil-Pchonliaa'aaa and a
MoM-itck wardneea la England.
Parent Day.
A nation can be no greater, no purer,
no safer than is the lift of the Indi
vidual of that nation, great, pure aud
safe. It is to be boed that the teach
ers and parents of this rublic will
eo-operate to secure such teaching as
will surely result in great god to the
nation and upon which very largely
the perpetuity of the republic de
pends. Twenty-two million children and
youth of school age In our nation
ought to compel the most thoughtful
attention of all the adults to the pres
ent aud imiierative demand for the
earnest co-operation of imrents, school
officers, teachers and citizens to em-
, U,y 8uJ l""1 a" n,'ns aud 1'
forts that are necessarv to secure the
'very licst results for the education of
these twenty-two million coming ciM-
'zeua and parents. The coming together
of parents, children, officers and
teachers In the schools on a given day
which shall lie devoted to exercises iu
honor and praise of the borne and fam
ily, aud the Inculcation of personal
virtues, seems to me eminently fitting.
This day should lie made one of the
few most Important days of the year.
i it celebrate the Fourth of July lie-
I cause It calls to memory the struggle
for national independence. We cele
brate Washington's birthday because
he was an Meal citizen. We celebrate
Arlsir Day liecause we want to teach
the children to love nature. Let us
celebrate Parents' Day in the school
to teach Ihe children that before the
Individual, before the school, before
the State, stands in holiness and ad
miration, the home and the family; to
teach every child that with his lauda
ble ambition to lie ac excellent pupil,
while he should know that It Is uwes
sary for his own good and the good of
the State that he is a law-abiding,
public-spirited citizen, he should also
know that the highest and holiest oli
llgatlons will rest upon him as a unit
of the home and In social and family
relations. Exercises appropriate
should be prepared by the teacher.
Send special invitations to all patrons,
whether they have children In school
or not. Select songs, recitations, es
says, dialogues bearing upon home
life. Its beauties and duties, the child
in the home, the mother, the father
and the family.
Over aud over the question is asked.
"How shall lie teach civil government
to our younger pupils?" (Jovernmcut
lias its foundation In the home. liv
ing obedience there establishes habits
of oliedieuee to civil authority any and
everywhere. Here is a golden oppor
tunity for Impressive lessons lu civil
government.
A Parents' Pay without parent's
would lie an object lesson without the
object. Let parents, if necessary, sac
rifice something to lie In attendance
upon tlie exercises. Iet these exer
cises be held in the afternoon or even
lug, as will convenience parents.
I Hack wardoeaa in England.
Prof. Sylvanus Thompson gives one
striking Instance of the back ward new
of England iu Its provision for sis-lal-
ized technical liistructiou. It is a nmt
, tcr-of-course knowledge that electricity
plays every day a larger part In chemi
cal manufacture. Recognizing this new
development (Jermany has lately erect
ed at three of its uuivereltles large
electro-chemical lalsinitorles and en
dowed special pro fesors hips in addi
tion to the chair which has for some
years existed at Krnnkfort. Against
these England hue nothing to show but
two small electro-chemical laboratories
oue at the Technical College, Kins
bury, and one of the Birmingham Mutii
cljial Technical School and both of
tbie devoted to instruction in ele-tro-platlng
and electro-typing rather than
to research in ele-tro-chemistry. "As
for the rest of the science colleges In
England, they are too busy with pre
paring pup-tie to pass examinations, or
are too ioor, to lie able to undertake
ny such new departure." Iindon
(Eng.) Journal of Education.
Unit Puptla.
In every school there are a few pupils
whose eyes have still tlif vacant sta re.
e'fr nearly all have grasped the prin-
clple the teacher wishes to explain. The
teacher should make iecla4 endeavors
in their behair. She should always
treat them kindly; never scold, never
worry, never fret. Io not lose patience
, though tbey make great blunders. Cov
er their dullness, as far as possible, with
the mantle of love; never exhibit It to
the ridiculing laugh of their brighter
classmates. Have them understand
that yo are their best friend, who
spares neither trouMe nor labor for
their advancement, ami who would as
far as possible, give them an equal op
portunity for the race through life.
Wake up the am bit loo of such pupils
by asking questions they can answer,
and by pointing out the progress they
have made; this will also strengthen
their self-confidence. If possible, make
them voluntarily try again. The dull
pupils should be asked the easiest quea
tVnc, and often, thus keeping them
astir, and the bright pupils In reserve
for the more difficult work. No ques
tion should be askid a dull pupil which,
with good reason, the teacher doubts
whether be can answer; for every qnes-
wa D,n "D,w,reu w,n "WD
coondenc ana aiso ms aeir-respect as
o bis standing In the class. Often the
tapir dullness vanishes entirely after
li.k iiinli.tiiiu has been ariued. Hid he
ll started aright.
If the .Inline relate to one sierlal
branch. Milnt out to the pupil the value
if his study for practical life, and UiJ
his education will always have a dnx-t i
if he dies not master the difficulty now.
If. tuen. with all jour care, you do
not siioved as well as you wish, and .
you begin to think that your lalior is J
thrown away, look to the after life of
the pupil; 1 assure you he will ajipre-
ciate your labor then, and be ever
grateful for the klndms bestowed '
upon him. Educational Kecord.
Protest Is Made.
The overseers of Harvard College
have received a protest against the plan
suggested by the committee on English t
couqsisition and rhetoric, "to publish
the perg of ail the candidates present-
tng themselves for admission to college j
from some one or two particular schools
or academies, the Boston Latin School,
for Instaui-e, and Mr. Nobli-s, or Misr.
Browne &. Nichols, and the lUixbury
Iatin, thus at once bringing Into con
trast the method pursued and results
achieved in those schools." This pro- '
test is signed by the prlucljiaU of the j
schools named, who contend that "such
comparison would establish a danger
ous precedent and Is a new derture
for Harvard College, which has liceii
scniTiulouslv careful In the nast to treat
all fitting sch.s.l alike"; ami that "sight
translations from 1-atiu. Creek. Uer-
man or French made in a limited time
under a great nervous strain are not
evidence of a candidate's general abil
ity or Inability to write good English."
f choolma'atn and Mouse.
Miss Clara Evans and a mouse, the
one a teacher In a Baltimore public
school and the other a resident of the
same building, collided while travers
ing their respective orbits, one day
this week, and so startling were the
noise which ensued that a panic
among the children present was the
result. They rushed for the door anil
downstairs In wildest terror, and b
citizen who saw them emerge tumultu
ously into the street promptly turned
In an alarm of lire from the nearest
Ikix. When the engines arrived tluj
entire nclgliIiorhid was filled with ex
citement and mothers; but finally Miss
Evans managed to explain the trouble,
and In the end it was decided that li'i
Issly had lcen hurt or was likely to
be. So rejoiced were the iissenibl
taxpayers at this that not for several
hours afterward did It occur o 'hem
that to call out the fire engines entails
ou the city an expense amounting to
aliout $!.
Wansinakcr Tells of His Conversion
t'uder the auspices of the Evangelical
alliaiK-e ex-Postmaster General Waua
makcr addressed a large audience lu the
Keiisingtm Theater, at Frankfort ave
nue and Norrte street, last evening. The
call for the meeting was to tlxiac who
are not regular church goers and a large
majority of those present were men.
Mr, Wanamaker told his luiirers how,
when he was an awkward country boy
of IN years, he once went to a religions
meeting, sitting far back lu the audi
ence, and listened to the words of an
old preacher, who snld that now that he
was old he felt bow good it was to him
that he had the religion of Christ to
die by.
1 listened to the words of that g'sid
oM man," saki Mr. Wanamaker, "and
I said to myself; 'I don't want to die
now. 1 want to live and 1 want a re
ligion to live by,' for I was young, you
know, and all my thoughts were on thU
life. Then there followed a young min
ister, who told us that he had felt the
blessings of the religion of Christ and
that it was a gissl religion to live by
and to do business by, and it would
bring contentment and happiness to all
who wouM embrace It. I then sikl to
myself: 'Do "you want that religion?
Yes! When do you wont M? Now! I
then ami there made up my mind that I
would have it right away. So I waited
until the meeting was over and when
the minister came dowu tlie a We on his
way out of the church, I stepped up to
him and said: 'Mr. Chambers, I am. go
ing to accept the religion of Christ.' It
was so easy for me to do It when I had
finally worked it out In my own mind
and heart, and it is Just as easy for any
of you to do It If you will, ami I want
you to try It for yourselves and see."
Mr. Wanamaker )iatd a high tribute
to the late Samuel J. Randall and de
scribed how he had frequently visited
him during his last Illness and read to
him out of the Bible, and how at one of j
liWi visits the statesman had said to
him: "Mr. Wanamaker, I have found It
there," pointing to his Bible, "and I am
happy now." Philadelphia Record.
lilnenoid.
Pleasure lioats aud canoes are la-lng
manufactured with a new material,
the base of which is linen, whence tne
boats have lieen designated "lini noid."
The material Is softened Into a pulp,
aud this is sbaied over a form and
water-proofed. Being of one piece
there are, of course, no seams, and the
material Is stated to be of a consist
ency and neximiiiy resemtniug oris.
Ash and oak are employed for keel,
gunwale and seats, supports, Hour
boards, and other wood fittings, and
brass Is the only metal used for fas
tenings. The seats are supported ou
ash ribs, ties ring on the keel and gun
wale only, thus keeping any strnlti
from being put upon the shell.
Bonding Made of Ashes.
A building has recently been erected
k II err Wsirner. an architect. In t.Irn.
burg, solely of materials formed of ash-1
without any admixture of sand. It
hi claimed that hard natural stones of
almost every variety have been sue
folly Imitated with this very cheap
material.
Every wife longs for the establish
ment of a religion that will forbid s
wlJower marrying again.
MODES FOR WINTER.
FUR OUTFITS OF STRIKING
COMBINATIONS.
Boat Hints for Wmei is the Pelec
tios of Cnt and Material for New
Gowna Elaborate Coetamre sad
Amazfag- Contraata for street Wear,
Cold Weather Clot bra.
New fork correnpoodeoce:
EEPEH and deeper
Into the purses of
fashionable women
go the designers of
furs. Iast winter
It seemed as If the
slashing and snip
ping of costly skius
had reached the
limits, and now,
though the same
sort of extrava
gance is repeated,
It does not make as
much of an Impres
sion as it did a year ago for two rea
son One is that we have become
haruHied to the expensive shredding
process, and the other Is that the fash
Ion now is to combine two furs In one
garment, a style that is carried out with
eu,'h striking effect that there Is little
' room for considering the wasteful pro
cesses by which the garment was put
together. Even In the simplest ad-es-soriea
of fur, notional rules are laid
down for exquisite dressers. Thus It Is
decreed that the muff should match a
collarette, but should contrast with a
large cape or fur coat,
j If, then, your fur outfit Is no larger
than that shown In the first small pic
ture. Its two parts must be of the same
fur. In UiU case It was chinchilla, the
, collarette's high wired collar being
; faced with almond green satin, and
, the muff being lined with the same ma-
terlal. In this costume a coquettish
trick was effected by veiling the satin
of the collar with the deep lace frill of
the dress collar. Thus, though the lace
was not attached to the collarette, the
' distracting and ultra stylish comhlua-
tion of lace and fur was attained. Of
course, if Madam permitted her lace
handkerchief of a aim liar uiwh to her
collar to show at one end of the muff.
j It would be entirely accidental! or, at
' least, quite as much so as the arrangi'
I ment of her neck lace over the satin
; lining of the collar. In which she was
to no little pains before her mirror.
I Three handsomely f ur-ed women
are shown In the next plettiiv. At the
right were a rich collnrelt. and muff
of sable. The collarette was much
longer lu front and buck tiian on the
. shoulders, and was lined with lose
pink silk. At the opposite side of :!.
group was a seal cape cut In ous with
lta high collar, which was faced with
Persian lamb. In front were stole
ends. A bigger strait ou the pur
' chaser's pocketbook will onii from
j the garment in the middle of the Illus
tration than from either of th othra
It wag of grebe feathers, having a deep
polntisl piece of seal Isith lu front and
A KOVII, CAPE CCT FBOM DBBS1 OOODS.
Dd end,n ,n ul I1
iar. ieiir uiaaea a very iiesiraoN!
' trimming for, or part of, a fur gar
ment, because of Its current high
favor and general beconilngnees. Many
j women that cannot afford a new heavy
I coat or cloak have pot their money
Into a dainty shoulder cape with blgb
colls r of seal and grebe. Hucn a cape
Will go on over the last vest's slightly
lj '
KASIl lO.N A HLY 1IEKI IUiKI) I KK).
shsbby seal cape, and the effect wffl
so freshen the latter as lo lw alxiuV
all the renovating it newK The morn
sensible grebe rapes are stringed with
the feathers set on a yok and collar
of seal, because the fcath-rs are too
delicate to lie put where they will rob
against the cheeks. As they would on
the inside of the collar. But for Just
this reason, some woman wl'h a taste
attuned to extravagance will like all
the more the pictured cape last de
scrilicd. Though in cloths the Jacket has out
stripped the cape, very pretty capes
are now and then seen, and the one
that the artist selected for the next
picture was strikingly pretty. It was
made of dark woolen goods, which
was also the material of the dress, and
right here It should be said that when
SAVED
cape and dress are of the same stuff,
there is no danger of the cape being
considered lu the least out of style,
particularly If it is of unusual con
struction. Tills one was particularly
novel, the talis and slashed revers and
collar Is'lng of white cloth finished
with dark gray stitching. The hem
was oiiiHiiieiiled with stitching and
sliver gray satin was used for lining.
ElnlHiinie costumes and amazing con
trasts are occasionally seen upon the
Mr.-cl. and when skillfully planned
may not be decried, yet a majority of
women an- opKied to them to Judgvby
the abundance of severe tailor, and
dark colored costume ou the prome
nade. Smooth doth. In billiard green.
In sapphire. In stone gray and In all
the browns is worn, and If there Is any
elaboration ot all It Is In braiding. Silks
are talssied entirely for street wear
by the women that set the fashions
for the multitude, and only women
that have nowhere else to wear their
empire velvet i-onts, etc., appear with
them In the shopping portions of town.
In those street where the walk means
the constitutional," or the little trip
to morning call or class, street dresses,
while still of tailor severity, show
n touch of cla (Miration. Very smart
coats are half closed over brilliant
silken waistcoats, gold braid gives a
military touch, scarlet flashes, the silk
petticoat affords a dazzling contrast,
revers are faced with white atln,
white kid appear for binding and
facing, and velvet cost In brilliant
colors, etabo rated with rich fur.
combine wlih stunning hats to remind
the beholder that Mlladl Is on the street
merely to get somewhere else.
By this finely drawn distinction the
final pictured costume become a street
dress with which none can find fault.
Made of bottle green cloth, Its skirt
opened on each side to show a panel
of plaid silk; a navy blue ground with
scarlet lines. The side and front
breadth of cloth were decorated with
steel buttons. A like effect was pro
duced upon the bodice by giving to It
a front of the silk over which were
bias crossed bands of the dress goods,
one of those surplice suggestions re
sulting that are very desirable when
attained In a new way. The licit was
green draped satin, the collar cloth, and
the huge bow at the throat wss plaid
silk.
Copyright, IM
Bicycle Brake.
A new bicycle brske consists Of a
friction disk attached to the rear bub,
against which another disk Is pressed
by the action of the rider In back ped
aling. "
We know a man who can worry wall
be Is busy.
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